Sometimes musical play indoors can seem a little wild, especially when you have multiple toddlers in the mix. But now that Spring is here, and outside is a little warmer, why not grab the boombox, your favorite kids CD or two, and take your mini maestros outside with one of these simple DIY instruments?

They say "with age comes wisdom", and if there's one nugget of knowledge I've kept from my years at university, it's that delivery pizza is the best deal on the planet. You can squeeze out a lunch, dinner, and the next morning's breakfast from 8 slices, and have the box leftover to do something like this.

After years of buying cat scratchers, I finally came up with a solution to turn an inexpensive cardboard scratcher into something that works for my cats as well as my decor.

Heather of mommy blog, The Third Boob, decorated a wall with a canvas-mounted photo of her child, both as an affectionate symbol of her love of her wee one, and also to hide an unsightly alarm panel better hidden away...

Name: Simon Pretty
Location: UK

I needed a decent desk, as I work from home once a week. Our place is small, so we needed something we could fold away, as the tiny room is also used to entertain guests. This corner was ideal for a desk, but has an awkward wall cutting across at 45 degrees, so I needed to custom-build a solution...

With the weather warming up, it's time to put those seeds in the ground while spring is in full swing... if only you could remember what to plant when. 

Why would buy when you could DIY? You get the same function, but (usually) for far less cost, and the result is always something uniquely "you." Even the tiniest detail in your home office – like a notebook tossed casually on the desk – can speak volumes about your life and style. After all, they say, "the tools maketh the man". But sometimes the man makes the tools, too.

Does the sight above look familiar? With the array of mobile devices found in the average household, it's increasingly common to keep many or all of these portable devices within arm's reach. This also usually entails keeping a charging cable...or three...around for all those smartphones, tablets, and gaming devices, which could create a mess like shown above...

When Jan at design blog Poppytalk realized her DOCKSTA table from IKEA was in need of a makeover, she came up with this surprisingly simple hack to cover up the stains, scuffs and dings on the surface of the table. Can you guess what she did?